Tayryn Edwards joined the Social Justice and Impact Litigation Team in the Office of the County Counsel in 2023. Her practice focuses on affirmative litigation and policy designed to advance social and economic justice. Before joining the Office, Tayryn served as a law clerk to Judge Jennifer Sung on the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit and Justice Leondra Kruger on the California Supreme Court. Tayryn’s professional expertise includes appellate litigation, affirmative litigation, constitutional law, and civil rights law.
Office practice areas
- Social Justice and Impact Litigation Team
Education
- Stanford Law School, J.D., 2021
- Bradley Fellow, Stanford Constitutional Law Center
- Senior Editor, Stanford Journal of Civil Rights and Civil Liberties
- Student Attorney, Community Law Clinic
- President, Stanford Law School Mock Trial
- Co-President, Women of Stanford Law
- Vice-President, Black Law Students Association
- Judge Thelton E. Henderson Prize, John Hart Ely Prize and Hilmer Oehlmann, Jr. Award for outstanding performance in clinical coursework, writing courses and federal litigation
- University of Chicago, B.A., with Honors, 2016
- Cox-Just Thesis Prize
- University Merit Scholar
Prior experience
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Jennifer Sung, United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit (2022-2023)
- Law Clerk to the Honorable Leondra Kruger, Supreme Court of California (2021-2022)
- Judicial Fellow at the Judicial Council of California, Office of Governmental Affairs (2017-2018)
